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Have Your File Operations Participate in Transactions Today

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:41:25 GMT

By implementing IEnlistmentNotification, you can have your file operations (copy, delete, write, etc.) participate in transactions without requiring Transactional NTFS (TxF), which only works on Vista and Windows Server 2008. Working code included.

Put IDataRecord.GetOrdinal Method to Good Use

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:02:20 GMT

IDataReader.GetOrdinal can help improve code maintainability with little cost.

Try/Catch Blocks Can Hurt Performance Significantly

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:01:02 GMT

Over at Programmers Heaven.com, there's an interesting article on the potential performance impact of try/catch blocks. The article concluded that the average cost of a try/catch block is essentially nothing (sorry there's no author information on the post), and that .NET/C# programmers should not think twice about using try/catch blocks. The author is right that a try/catch block has essentially zero cost. However, like most coding performance issues, exceptions and try/catch blocks do not have performance implications until they occur in some type of loop.

Vista SP1: Terminal Services /console switch no longer working

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:31:02 GMT

One caveat of installing Vista SP1 if you use Terminal Services.

Dual Monitors for Developers

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:16:01 GMT

Let's face it, a multiple monitor setup is the only way to go for a software developer, or any other computer professional these days. If you are still using only a single monitor, you are not working at your full potential.

Happy 2nd Birthday DotNetKicks

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:46:02 GMT

DotNetKicks.com is 2 year old today. A big thanks to everyone who has contributed to the community.

How to check email works with no SMTP

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:01:02 GMT

Testing code that sends email has always been a pain. You had to set up a SMTP service just to test that your .NET application sends the e-mail correctly...

How to Open Containing Explorer Folder in Visual Studio

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:13:06 GMT

The command File.OpenContainingFolder allows you to create a shortcut to open the containing explorer folder for the current item in the editor. Works with Visual Studio 2005 and 2008.

My Silverlight 1.1 Hello World Application

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 01:08:11 GMT

Imagine being able to author rich internet applications in your .NET language of choice, without having to mess with Javascript, cross-browser compatibility issues, or ActionScript. That's the promise of Microsoft Silverlight 1.1. In this article, I will document my attempt at creating a Silverlight 1.1 "Hello World" application. My Hello World application is a little bit more fancy than the typical one. this one involves some animation, and drawing a few shapes from code.

Microsoft's .NET-Powered Windows Live Writer

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:31:02 GMT

Windows Live Writer is first major product to use the .NET Framework and ship out of Microsoft's camp. Ever since the release of the .NET Framework in 2002, people have wondered why Microsoft doesn't use its own framework to write its programs - it seems that they finally do - and that WLW may be the first of more to come!

What's Ailing ASP.NET Web Forms

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:31:03 GMT

Rick Strahl summarises the disadvantages of the current ASP.NET WebForms model, and how the new ASP.NET MVC framework might address some of these issues.

Speed up inserting records into database with SqlBulkCopy class

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:31:02 GMT

When you need to insert a great deal of rows into database...

Bulk Operations Using Oracle Data Provider for .NET (ODP.NET)

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:41:56 GMT

n a typical multi-tier application, one of the biggest performance bottlenecks is the overhead of making round-trips to the database. Minimizing these round-trips is often the first area you should look at during performance tuning. Fortunately, the Oracle Data Provider for .NET (ODP.NET) makes it fairly easy to do this by providing several built-in methods to write and read data in bulk.

.NET Framework 3.5 Is Shared Source

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:46:25 GMT

Microsoft's .NET Framework 3.5 is going to be released open source.

Workflow Communication

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:45:58 GMT

If you are new to WF you'll have to master two or three things to talk to a workflow: The service pattern, a silly interface pattern, and some threading issues. ...

StringBuilder is not always faster - Part 2

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:16:03 GMT

n a previous article ("StringBuilder is not always faster), I provided some quick benchmark data and gave "rules of thumb" for when to use StringBuilder and when to use traditional string concatenations. In this follow-up article, I will attempt to provide a more detailed analysis.

10 Hot ASP.NET Tips and Tricks - 9/28/2007

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:46:02 GMT

10 Hot ASP.NET Tips and Tricks for the week of 9/28/2007. Includes boosting visual studio 2005 for enhanced productivity, server side redirects into a new window, master page hacks, speeding up your ASP.NET applications by stripping out extra HTTP handlers, page modules, and partial methods.

DotNetKicks Google Analytics Stats for All

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:16:02 GMT

I want DotNetKicks to be as transparent as possible and would like to share the real-time google analytics reports with anyone who want them. Send me your google username if you would like access - gavinjoyce@gmail.com.

.Net: Passing user data with Exception back to the caller method

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:31:01 GMT

A simple way of passing any user data in the Exception back to the caller method.

September 23rd Links: VS, ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX, Silverlight, WPF

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:16:01 GMT

"Here is the latest in my link-listing series. Also check out my ASP.NET Tips, Tricks and Tutorials page for links to popular articles I've done myself in the past."

The most basic features to consider when selecting a webhost

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:16:02 GMT

A comprehensive list of the most important features that any webhost should provide to its customers. If your webhost doesn't guarantee the following, then you should switch now.

11 Visual Studio 2005 IDE Tips and Tricks to Make More Productive

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 08:01:02 GMT

Here are 11 tips and tricks for getting things done faster with the Visual Studio 2005 IDE (without using third-party add-ins or upgrading hardware...). Yes, some of these tips and tricks may fall into the "obvious" category, but I think they are worth repeating. Thee are too many .NET developers not taking advantage of even the basic time-saving techniques.

Why is .NET getting its ass kicked in social media?

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:01:02 GMT

Maybe I'm just not looking hard enough, but does it seem like .NET is getting blown out by PHP, JAVA, and even Ruby in terms of presence in social media outlets?

StringBuilder is not always faster

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 05:01:02 GMT

Here is something you may not know about string concatenation: StringBuilder is not always faster.